Campus Security News

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov 9, 2010) -- The Army must establish a policy for contract security guards in an "active shooter scenario," to clearly define their authority and responsibilities in a scenario such as the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead and 31 wounded.

Listen to this pod cast. Its only about 15 minutes and explains police use of force as it should be, based on the Supreme Courts "Objective Reasonableness Standard and how we make humans make decisions.

I will be heading out Thursday for the Boyd and Beyond Symposium taking place at Marine Corps Base Quantico. I look forward to attending and participating in the conference. I hope to see some of you there! I will share the lessons learned (I am sure there will be plenty) upon my return. In the mean time stay oriented! ~Fred

I have been off the Blog over the last month busy with both work and some vacation. Hope all has bee better than good with all of you. As I write this 101 police officers have been killed in the line of duty so far this year. this is a 28% increase over last year. Not a very good statistic and one we should be striving to decrease. Striving with all we have to become more effective on the street.

Happy Independence Day!

Independence Day is about freedom and freedom is what we work hard to uphold in performing our duties. Always remember and never lose sight of that. Enjoy the holiday with your families and if your working out on the streets….BE SAFE!

It was an honor and privilege to work on this article with my good friend Don Vandergriff. Our hope is you all get some ideas you can utilize making yourselves and your organizations more effective. ~Fred